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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LaurensBER:
Hi,

It doesn´t work on my XPeria :

Enabled (Inactive)

( GfxBoost )

Which is really weird.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] whitealien:
Check if WMP is running. Apparently there are some incompatibility issues between WMP and gfxboost.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JishHD:
Wow, I just downloaded this for the Tilt, and I'm very impressed with the speed (or illusion of speed...I'm still confused how this works!). I've tested a few apps with it like Opera Mobile and Resco Explorer and everything moves very smoothly. I also found it amazing that this booster got rid of the CPU lag when touching the screen! Normally if I held my finger on Opera Mobile and scrolled around, it would skip and would not act very smoothly, but now it works great!

I have not tried the camera or other media players yet, but I don't use them much any way so I'm not too worried.

(While typing this, I also tested Kinoma Freeplay and my mind was nearly blown after watching how smooth the animations go! I've been so used to having my Tilt lag and not flow so nicely that this is a very pleasant surprise :) )
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ElCondor:
It definately makes my diamond a lot smoother, I notice:

Manila smoother - settings tab still a bit laggy

Need for Speed Undercover is a little smoother I think

XTRAKT indeed a bit better

CoD2 (hardware-accelerated) soldiers moving smoother

Resco Explorer: I see no difference.

Note that I use the ATI D3D drivers.

Bedankt Chainfire!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Zero|Cool:
Does this raise the power consumption on the diamond?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] berramm2001:
nice job bro..

i'm using emulator morphgear,and it seems the game play works much smother..

and no lagging on program list when i sliding up and down,,

umm,question,,how about a 3D driver?are there someone developing this too?

thanx again brader..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] h0wz3r:
Trying this (v1.1) on my Touch Pro 2 and can't say one way or the other if I've noticed any significant improvements.

TomTom v7.915 definitely seems to be a little faster/smoother and Opera 9.5 seems to pan around more freely than before but not what I would call smooth. CorePlayer no difference as it already has QTv support built in anyway.

Do the latest TD2 / TP2 devices still need this program and is it supposed to work on them? In any case I'll definitely try the next version and report back.

The holy grail for me is to achieve the same level of fluidity and smoothness as on the iPhone. We're getting there but a long way to go I feel.

I wonder if HTC will embed QTv drivers in their release of the 6.5 ROM? After all this time I would expect them to do more but then again this is HTC...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
let us now about the impact on tuoch pro 2! it looks like an interesting tweak, but I still don't understand if it has ram or battery impact.

a little better zoom / panning on htc album and opera would be amazing.

thanks a lot for your work guys!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rednaxjo:
It works on HTC TOUCH ELFIN / ENCHANTED ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sean D.:
No go here

I installed it on my Kaiser (stock ROM) and it installed, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Not in programs, nor settings.

Matter of fact it looked like I never did anything until I tried to uninstall it. then it would tell me that i had to soft reset to complete the installation (or something to that effect)

Oh well... would'a been nice to try.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ace10134:
I didn't see it anywhere either!! Idk, I'm confused. I installed to Device Memory, btw. And I'm using the T-Mobile Wing (Herald).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] P0MM3S:
don't wonder ace10134, your device isn't capable of using this driver!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wid4008:
Installed it on my original WM 6.1 rom TyTN II and it actually made my device less responsive and lagging. Unistalled it and everything is back to normal.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] arturobandini:
Seems to work well on the Touch HD.

Many thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Daranus:
Hey fellas, just wanted to report as i have tried it out a bit now:

I am using the X1 with smabergs touchx 10.1 and the all program menu scrolling is less fluent than it was before. I will update this post when i discover other things! anyways, great project guys!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rigelfrog:
thanks for share
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaVince:
It doesn't feel like it does anything on my Touch HD (Dutty's v4.1 Finale WM6.1).

Tried morphgear if it does any difference, and realized it's even slower when Gfxboost is Enabled. I guess it doesn't work on my ROM.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mikeeey:
This was my favorite little program on all the wm6.1 roms, however on some of the wm6.5 roms I've tried it doesn't seem to make a difference. I'm flashing PDAcorner X-2 V9 now, hopefully it will work. Ony V8 and V7 M2D was laggy, and enabling gfxboost did nothing:(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ZaxXx:
Holy s*it!! I thought TouchFlo 3D can't be faster on my Touch HD, but now it's much faster and smoother than ever before! Thank you very much, I love it.

EDIT: NFS Undercover seems to be smoother too :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] warnec:
Can this be used alongside driverpack beta2 ? If not, what will provide a better performance boost? (IN TF3D)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gr3y3y3s:
I tried GfxBoost on my T-mobile Touch Pro 2. I have had a little time to play with it but I noticed a few improvements.

Camera - Focuses and Auto Balances 200% faster. I definitely notice an improvement here. Very fast now!

TF3D - tabs seem to load a tad faster, but sometimes (rarely) freezes or sticks up for a small instant.

Opera 9.5 - Panning and Zooming are a bit faster.

Photo Album - transitions a little faster.

Just one small noob question. Do I need to keep Gfxboost running in the background or just enabled and exit the program?

Thanks for your help with this Chainfire!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hanackin:
you just need to enable it and that's all dude :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ace10134:
It's tough to tell if the TP2 benefits from GfxBoost at all.

If you're running a custom ROM, then you'll already have a faster camera app. The one that T-Mobile included was just epically slow, lol. So, I haven't really seen an improvement in the camera, since the custom ROM's new camera is a lot faster by default.

I'll say again, it's really tough to tell if this makes any difference on the Touch Pro 2! lol. Idk. But otherwise, cool app. It's always funny when users figure out how to make things better, when Microsoft can't :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] warnec:
So, is it possible to use it with driverpack beta 2?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=442712
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] GlitterKill:
I notice general improvements across the apps already mentioned running on a Sprint Treo Pro w/Real VGA. The Palm Treo Pro is manufactured by HTC, in case you were wondering. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] slimcane:
I just installed this to my AT&T Tilt (running dutty's 6.1 ROM). I also do not see this program in the Settings -> System tab or Programs area. I can get the exe from the \Windows\ folder to work just fine so far. Things really DO seem faster!

BTW - Just tried this on my Redfly C8N, and it works great on it, too!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Chainfire:
It are the update! :eek: (1.2 is out!)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] arturobandini:
ChainFire,

Thanks a lot for this update.

When I install this v1.2 I've got this

error message

: "Impossible to open the 'GfxBoostSvc' file. This file is not signed with a valide certificate or one of its component is not available, etc..."

I am trying to upgrade from v1.1 to v1.2.

Do you know where the problem comes from?....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Chainfire:
That's like a message from your current GfxBoost mucking up because of uninstall. Soft-reset and try again :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] arturobandini:
Thanks a lot :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dhatch93:
1.2 screen

Hi-

I disabled 1.1, installed the 1.2 cab, rebooted and now when i try to open it the screen doesn't come up. I have soft-reset twice but it still won't show. It shows the spinning hourglass like it's doing something but then nothing happens.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Chainfire:
Try waiting a few minutes before opening it after soft-reset.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dhatch93:
OK - that seemed to do the trick. Thanks. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] foussi:
for installing 1-2 service, we must uninstal gfxboost before ? plz explain step by step, thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cryonic90:
Got the same error as some people here, the runtime error. Don't know where it comes from.....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dtag:
Congrats on another fine job CF...First the 3d drivers, then now a graphics boost...I could see it now...HTC finally releases the ATI Imageon drivers...AFTER you guys did all the freaking work writing one from scratch...THanks again...You guys (CFfor the gfxboost and all those who collabo on the 3d drivers) are the BESTEST...:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tabaz:
greate job, this really works .. tried opera, iContacts and stuff .. really damn fast now (on kaiser).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xmoo:
Good job!!

go dutch people :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mikulec:
Looks like the titanium(CHome) on WM6.S is also smoother. Maybe its just a feeling but it really looks like its working. Great job.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MarkRain:
hey...you have less...but you see more!!

Well...you are a geniuos!!

any chance to see that on non htc devices?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] -PiLoT-:
that would take up a lot of work to do since differnt companies chosse different part makers to do hardware

ie the omnia uses xscale and has a different processor so wouldnt need this app
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hanackin:
Good job Chainfire !!! :eek:

This should work on the HD, no ? Because it's a MSM7201 :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dredd67:
Of course it works on the HD ;), but don't expect your HD's going wild.

Actually this app shouldn't be named GFXBoost, it should instead be named as GFXSmooth... not to confuse people.

Think at it like a 120 Hz TV, just creating on the fly intermediate pictures from a 60 Hz signal. So it won't be faster, just smoother transitions.

The pity is that Coreplayer already does that with the QTV mode, so there won't be spectular improvements in video playback using QTV.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SaBo:
Application is running fine on my Touch Cruise.

I disabled M2D before installation.

Soft reset the device.

Started gfxboost and re-enabled M2D.

However, I do not see any significant change in grapics performance/quality

Sascha
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TITAN-23:
Thanks Chainfire, GfxBoost greatly increases the speed of 2d on my Kaiser. (higher displayed framerates, less screen tears)

Obvious improvements are seen with Mobile Shell 3.0, especially using the "Contacts Carousel".

Coreplayer's standard QTV mode is less smooth than DirectDraw with GfxBoost. This is really cool, Coreplayer is now much smoother.

In QTV mode Coreplayer is identical with/without GfxBoost.

In DirectDraw mode Coreplayer with GfxBoost there are far less screen tears during high motion scenes than using QTV mode.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sipospeter:
something is not OK on my polaris. i installed the cab file, and then started to open it from the start menu (wm6.5, build 21501), and it says:

"The file 'GfxBoost_wmplayer' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring the file."

i'd tried reinstalling, the same happened.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SuperJMN:
Hi! I'm experiencing problems with GfxBoost. This is what I did:

Installed the .cab

Restarted

Run GfxBoost

Later, it shows message saying: "The file 'GfxBoost_wmplayer' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found..."

I'm running WM6.5 (pcarvalho eXtreme beta ROM WM6.5 OS 5.2.21501)

Device: Polaris (Touch Cruise)

Edit: (It's funny that a friend and I have reported the same error at the same time!)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 12aon:
I redid the icon a little and added one for WM6.5 as well. If you want to make that one work add the png to windows and add this entry to the registry

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Shell\StartInfo\Start\GfxBoost.lnk]
"Icon"="\\Windows\\GfxBoost.png"

Later, 12
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lemark:
Doesn't work on LG ks20, although it too has a f*cking Qualcomm chipset.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aussiebum:
That's because Chainfire clearly says it's for *HTC* devices...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aussiebum:
Observations

Ok, tried this out on Touch HD w/ Dutty 3.0, Diamond d3d drivers and OpenVG.

Impressions:

* Diamond Hologram now reports 50 FPS!! :eek: (vs 25fps without GfxBoost)

* TestOpenGL still hovers around 27-30fps (only ran for about 20 secs)

* S2P doesn't feel any different sliding b/w now playing and music selection screens.

* Transformers G1 game feels a *tiny* bit faster

Overall a very interesting piece of software! Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Chainfire:
Update: v0.6

Small update, see first post for changelog and download.

Hopefully this will give a 'sane' error message for those who cannot load the application at all (missing components / signed) message. Note that there are a lot of dependencies in the files that are dependencies of GfxBoost, so there's a good chance your custom ROM just doesn't have QTV operating properly.

For those who get the runtime error, please describe exactly when this happen - at startup? at enable?

Please rate this thread! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] undac:
The most amazing improvement is surely in Opera 9.5.

Try loading a flash heavy page and the pan around and zoom in/out. The difference is simply breathtaking.

Very "ipod-like" fluid animations.

Feels like a whole new device.

Did nothing for M2D on my device really, don't know why as the pause video thingy did make a difference.

Simple games (like kevtris) also run much more smoothly. COD2 OpenGL is smoother but the framerate still feels quite low.

But in Opera and Kevtris basically it feels like I went from 30 fps without vsync to 60 fps with vsync.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JackTheJacker:
Hi,

First of all i wanna thank you 4 such a wonderful application. But on my HTC Vogue/Sprint i get the following error message:

any idea?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dhatch93:
If you have gfxboost 1.1, open it and choose "disable" to stop it. Click ok to close it then you can run the 1.2 cab and soft-reset (listed in the first post). That's what I did to install the new version. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wildcard140679:
So ehmm...

Install GfxBoost followed by the GFXboost service 1.2 or can I install GfxBoost service 1.2 right away?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Chainfire:
Updated first post:

You only need to install

ONE

of these. Older versions are only still available because they work for some people while the newer does not (and vice versa). Do not forget to soft-reset after installation, waiting a minute or two, then opening the Start -> Settings -> System -> GfxBoost and clicking Enable!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rensariens:
1.2 is the first version i tried. Major improvement here, WM 6.5 rom and a HTC HD. Well done and thanks! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mouki_9:
i have installed the neo2007 drivers, can i still use the gfxboost 1.2? or do i need to remove the neo2007 drivers first? Hate to do a hard reset again, so i ask before trying :P
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FlorentG:
That's my case :cool: Only version 0.6 works on my Kaiser. Even the new 1.2 doesn't seem to work.

Anyway, I'm pretty happy, even if I have to enable it manually everytime :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wazuuuup:
thanks

...has been a long time since i replied but..thx for the program dude :D Installed the 1.2 service cab, easy install,soft reset and sit back and enjoy :)

changes for my blackstone: its just faster (exactly as you stated in main page)

again thx and keep on doing what youre doing!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Super777man:
After installing 1.2, it is automatically "enabled" upon soft reset..

I've read the instruction saying that I should wait a minute or 2 before attempting to enable the GfxBoost.

Btw, I don't see any improvements yet.. currently running on Topix 2.9.2 ROM on Touch HD.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alixoft:
Blackstone with Dutty's XT 3.0.

Installed GFXBoost.cab, did a soft reset, enabeled it after a few minutes and tested it.

Works like a charm!

Programlist loads faster and TF3 menu scrolls faster.

You sir, are great.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] amelsfort:
I just tried to install GfxBoost, but I got a message telling me that installation was unsuccesfull. After a reboot, I noticed the icon in the system-settings-menu and it was enabled.

Unfortunately, right after the reboot I got an error about position fix

And now my Titanium-menu isn't working anymore.

I'm using a WM 6.5.1 ROM.

After disabling GfxBoost and a restart, I only get another error:

- Error opening the shortcut or locating the target filename

And that's it. I can't get rid of that error-message and it seems my phone is hanging! I've connected it to my PC, but my PC doesn't see any device.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dafreakr:
I installed version 1.2 on my Touch HD.

With normal use I don't see any difference at all after install / enabling..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dafreakr:
Exactly the same here..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] amelsfort:
I ended up doing a hard reset. After that I immediately installed GfxBoost and now it's working correctly. Now busy installing everything else...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Super777man:
Does it mean it's already activated? I don't see any improvements, do you?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dafreakr:
Same here.. I run Miri's custom ROM (WM 6.5), but no visible improvement after installing this cab..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hendrixus:
I notice everything like looking at photos, scrolling, swiping, zooming etc. is more smoother on my Polaris (HTC Touch Cruise / P3650) with M.Amine 2.0

Bedankt ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dschoenike:
Im also wondering about this? Does anybody know? guess i could try and report back. unless somebody already knows :)

dschoenike
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dhullazaran:
Error on my HTC MOGUL

Dear,

i am getting this following error:-

Library not found: ConcurrenceMgr.dll.

I have HTC MOGUL 6800.

Please help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Crescendo Xenomorph:
It makes my devices super-slow on booting... But the rest is OK,status: Enabled (Active)... Will test it intensively today.. My device is i-Mate ULTIMATE 9502 running official ROM 1.77.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lopez1_de:
Touch HD with WM6.5 here. Can't notice any improvement. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] babijoee:
Does your device have a msm chipset? If it does you'll probally need the 7x series of cpu for this to have an effect
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Crescendo Xenomorph:
Yup, 9502 is using MSM7200 CPU...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] miniterror:
hi all

this is done on the nrgrom leo series from 23-09-09

deleted the benches because both gfxboost and neos his driver pack take a verry different approach of getting better screens so the benches are not good to be trusted

best regards

miniterror
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KilZone:
This has been explained by Chainfire a number of times, but in basics it comes down to 'the test is wrong'. GfxBoost enables certain device specific codecs (Qtv) from Qualcomm to enhance the graphics. This codec forces the device to draw more graphics directly to the screen, but the price you pay is that less is actually drawn.

It works like this: Normally your device draws an certain amount of frames per second (for example say 50), but only half of these (say 25) end up on your screen. The other half is trunicated (thrown away) before they reach your screen. Now the Qtv codec and Chainfire's GfxBoost, forces the device to draw for example 35 frames on the screen, but the price you pay is that the device will not draw 50 frames a second anymore, but only 35.

This way a benchmark says 'less frames, lower score'. But your eyes actually think it looks better, so...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] miniterror:
ok thanks for the explenation

but still one thingie

the benchmark is a program that shows pictures

it calculates the score at the hand the picture is shown

you see ive its example 50frames from the device it only shows 25

wont the program calculate the score on the 25 frams where the test is running on?

hope its understandebale because my english sint that good for trying to explain what i mean:p

best regards

miniterror
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bellor:
Well for what it's worth, on my Kaiser with PDACorner ultimate X v9 I get a lot of effect in all transitions on my phone. It is simply amazing what this version does. V1.1 did not work on my phone but this one sure does.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vangrieg:
What does it matter what benchmarks show? If the program improves your experience then use it. If it doesn't then don't.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
read the whole thread, searched a lot but... is it worth / safe installing on an unbranded italian htc toch pro 2 t7373? or is it pointless??

thanks a lot for your patience guys
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ace10134:
I said a few weeks back that it didn't seem to make a difference on the Touch Pro 2.

However, I don't think I've tried the latest v 1.2 release. Try it and tell us what you think of it!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KilZone:
No, it would calculate the 50 frames, because most program will not notice that half it's frames wouldn't show up on the screen. In the case of your picture benchmark it works as followed:

The benchmarking program starts a counter and then starts to draw 25 pictures. After it's done it will calculate the time required to draw all images. This time is compared to some index (mostly 'frames per second') and you will get a score.

However 'drawing' and 'drawing on screen' isn't completely the same. Your screen works at a certain timing (refresh rate) and your device has a certain clock speed. Everytime a 'draw' and a 'draw on screen' collide the screen gets updated. This happends (hopefully) at least 16 times a second so it will appear 'fluid'. However all non-collides get trunicated.

Now QTV will force the 'drawing' of the device to always collide with the 'draw on screen' so you will have more actually drawn on screen. But the 'draw on screen' usually is a little slower than just 'drawing'. So the time to complete the 'draw 25 pictures' benchmark increases a little. So it will get a lower score.

Hope that this is understandable. If it's not or you have more questions, just PM me. You can do that in Dutch if you want, as I will be able to read that just fine!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] benko286:
i have .mp4 files that i can watch smooth on wm or htc album, when i try to play this movie in core player it lags like hell, will this app help to get smoth playback as it is in wmp?

i have tried v1.1 before but playback was still lagy(it was better but still unwatcable)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KilZone:
Probably not, because both GfxBoost and CorePlayer try to activate QTV mode, which then will cancel each other out. So the playbay probably is mediocre at best.